A few years ago The Discovery Channel aired a reality series called, "It Takes a Thief." The show was really cool because it brought security concepts and solutions into America's living rooms, and did so in an entertaining way. The premise had a former burglar breaking into and ransacking a house...

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Axis Communications has shaken up the video surveillance industry by becoming the first provider of relatively inexpensive, fully networked thermal imaging cameras. Thermal imaging, which creates images based on the heat that radiates from any object, vehicle or...

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Recently in 2009, IMS Research acknowledged ioimage for the third straight year as the leading provider of intelligent video surveillance cameras and other devices, noting a 13.1-percent market share in 2008.   Now the Herzliya, Israel-based company, regarded as a video analytics pioneer, is under the umbrella of video management system (VMS) specialist DVTel following word this week of a stock transaction reportedly worth $80 million.   Established in 2000, ioimage first carved out a niche for its edge devices and hybrid encoders mainly in helping secure the perimeters of critical infrastructure facilities. The company’s innovative applications have continued to attract customers in...

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Shortly before the end of the year, I had the opportunity to speak with Steve Walin, chairman and CEO of Carrollton, Texas-based GVI Security Solutions, and Lloyd Trotter, a founder and managing partner of New York-based GenNx360 Capital Partners, about GVI being acquired and taken private. The deal, which was finalized earlier this month, reunites former GE Security executives in a business focused on providing Samsung and GVI branded video surveillance solutions for markets including government, retail, financial and education. This is the second of two parts of my conversation with GVI Security's new leadership and dwells on Samsung's unified rebranding...

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